Tim: A current single from a fairly successful Danish band (and apparently the capitals in the name are mandatory).
Tom: Will you stop featuring videos that include beautiful skyline shots of foreign cities? I’m getting terrible wanderlust.
Tim: Oh, fine. I’ll try and fine something different for tomorrow.
Tom: Another video note: this is the first music video I’ve seen that includes footage from the increasingly-popular remote-controlled octocopter filming platforms: you can see plenty of tell-tale post-stabilised helicopter-like shots that they just couldn’t get any other way. As more and more directors learn about them, expect to see those shots everywhere.
Tim: Ooh, fancy. Wonder how long it’ll be before they start showing up at Eurovision.
Tom: But anyway: the music. It’s rather nice.
Tim: It is, and well, it’s synthpop – I’m going to like this. But there’s a lot out there, and this strikes me as better than many. Strangely, my favourite thing about it is actually one of the most understated – that synth line that runs throughout, right from the off.
Tom: I’ll agree with you there, but that chorus is really very nice too.
Tim: Oh yes, there’s a lovely melody through the chorus, and decent vocals (though with a disappointing helping of autotune) with lyrics about how someone’s brilliant.
Tom: It’s a big helping of autotune: stylistic, I wonder, or to cover up some less-impressive vocal work?
Tim: Not sure, but stylistically it works alright – it’s certainly not as painful as it often is. But it always just comes back to that calm, almost relaxing, base line, and I love it.